Changes in the world of work in China: from observations to theoretical questions

This article reviews the transformations of the Chinese labor scene since the 1990s: the disappearance of the old working class, the emergence of a new working class from the countryside (the peasant-workers or mingong), and, more recently, the consequences of the tertiarization of the economy and t...

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Main Author: Gilles Guiheux
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Language:fra
Published: La Nouvelle Revue du Travail 2021-11-01
Series:La Nouvelle Revue du Travail
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nrt/10148
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Changes in the world of work in China: from observations to theoretical questions
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flexibilization
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title Changes in the world of work in China: from observations to theoretical questions
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